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Yasmina Max Is Yango’s Most Advanced Smart Speaker Yet
The new audio device boasts human-like AI capabilities, exceptional sound performance, and effortless voice control.
Tech giant Yango Group has announced its latest flagship smart speaker. According to a recent press release, the new Yasmina Max boasts human-like AI capabilities and exceptional sound performance, redefining the smart home experience.
Yasmina Max features an advanced three-way sound system with five separate drivers to handle bass, midrange and treble, supported by a passive radiator. Rated at 65 watts of power, the speaker should deliver rich, immersive sound in even the largest of rooms.
Thanks to its highly sensitive microphones, Yasmina Max offers effortless voice control, even in noisy environments. For those who crave synchronized music, the new device can also be paired with other Yasmina smart speakers — like the Yasmina Mini or Midi — to enjoy seamless audio throughout the home in Multiroom Mode.
The Yasmina Max features an intelligent LED screen that adapts to ambient lighting for optimal visibility. When idle, the display shows the time. While playing music, it offers dynamic visualizations to bring tunes to life and enhance interactions with the Yasmina assistant.
Finally, at the heart of Yasmina Max is a virtual assistant powered by YangoGPT. Lifelike conversations are possible in both English and Khaleeji Arabic, making it a versatile companion for everyday tasks. Whether you need help with recipes or creative ideas for a surprise party, Yasmina has you covered.
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Senior Innovation Marketing Manager Rami Abu Arja highlighted the Yasmina Max’s aesthetic appeal, stating, “Apart from its superior technological characteristics, Yasmina Max offers a sophisticated design. Available in three colors — green, beige, and black — it is crafted to complement any interior, making it the perfect [home] addition”.
The smart speaker is now available across the UAE, priced at AED 1,199. For a limited time, the speaker is being offered through an exclusive partnership with Virgin Megastore. It is also available online via Noon and, for the first time, Amazon.
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Instagram Now Lets You Tune Its Algorithm, But There’s One Big Catch
The new controls promise users “agency” over their feed, but asking to see more from accounts you actually follow returns an error.
Instagram has expanded its algorithm personalization feature to the main feed, letting users specify which topics they want surfaced more or less often in recommendations.
Instagram chief Adam Mosseri framed the change as a matter of user control. “I believe it’s in our best interest as a business to empower people to shape Instagram into something that works for them, and that people should be able to have a meaningful amount of agency over the products they spend so much time in,” he wrote on Threads.
Though it turns out that agency has limits. The controls only accept interest-based topics, such as “rescue dogs” or “parenting humor”. Requesting “posts from people I follow” returns no results, which is obviously a sore point for creators whose posts rarely reach their own audiences. Mosseri conceded the tension: “Who you follow used to be a meaningful tool people had for shaping their own experience, and as recommendations took over the main feed that tool quietly stopped working”.
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Instagram credits large language models for making its algorithms legible enough to personalize, and says it is “actively working on supporting requests for people, different moods or vibes, content types, and more” – potentially leading to a fully “bespoke” version of the app.
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